community land trusts
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Joint Letter to Mayor Adams and Speaker Adams in Support of the Community Land Act
The undersigned 113 organizations call on you to enact the Community Land Act, an urgently-needed set of bills that gives community land trusts (CLTs) and other nonprofits tools to develop and preserve permanently-affordable housing, community and commercial space, and other neighborhood assets. By taking land off the speculative market, CLTs protect public investment in affordable…
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NYN Media: New York City Council Pushes Affordable Housing Package
NYN Media — With over half of New York City tenants spending nearly a third of their income on rent, affordable housing is crucial to ensuring a safe future for New Yorkers. That’s why advocates in have rallied and thrown their support behind the Community Land Act, a package of bills before the New York City…
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CLTs Gaining Ground in NYC
Over the past fifteen years, New York City’s CLT movement has grown significantly. Amidst the city’s growing housing affordability and homelessness crises, several grassroots movements coalesced around CLTs. We collaborated with the Pratt Center for Community Development to showcase the powerful and growing movement for CLTs in NYC.
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New York Amsterdam News: ‘Public Land For Public Good,’ Say Housing Advocates
New York Amsterdam News — Passionate Black and brown housing advocates from across New York City rallied at City Hall last Thursday to demand the passage of “social housing” bills that would address the city’s housing crisis.
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AM New York: Progressive Pols Press NYC Council to Prioritize Nonprofit Housing Ownership
AM New York — Progressive City Council members have renewed their push for legislation aimed at reducing housing speculation by giving nonprofits and community land trusts priority on purchasing housing that come up for sale.
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Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, in Support of the Community Land Act
The Community Land Act is a bold legislative package that will give CLTs and other nonprofits tools to acquire land for permanently affordable social housing, affordable commercial and community spaces, and other critical needs. We urge the Committee and Council to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA (Int. 196), Public Land for…
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NYC Comptroller, Public Advocate, Council Members, Advocates Rally for New Vision for Housing
Ahead of City Council oversight hearing, legislation sponsors, NYC Community Land Initiative, Housing Justice For All, and non-profit affordable housing developers made the case for transformative social housing bills
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Roundup: Albany Day of Action for Public Banking & Housing Justice
New York’s 2023 legislative session is underway, and New Economy Project is working with groups statewide to advance a bold policy agenda that builds wealth and power in Black, brown, and immigrant communities.
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Next City: Why Brooklyn Residents Want Public Land In Public Hands
Next City — New York City is inching closer to passing crucial legislation that would strengthen its community land trust movement. A bill that would give nonprofits and community land trusts the right of first refusal when a private landlord sells residential housing has enough co-sponsors to become law, as does another piece of legislation requiring the…
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Leaving the Speculators in the Rear-View Mirror: Preserving Housing with Municipal Arrears Through Off-Ramps from the Speculation Superhighway
A system to replace NYC’s tax lien sale should advance critical affordable housing and equitable development goals. This report outlines a framework through which New York City can enforce the collection of property tax arrears and other debts, in ways that prevent the displacement of vulnerable homeowners, preserve affordable rental units, and expand the pipeline…